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All the United Kingdom Scotland East Ayrshire Dunaskin Ironworks

Dunaskin Ironworks

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

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Amazing machinery lies around everywhere - graveyard of old steam trains and wonderfully preserved brick kilns.

An ironworks was established at Dunaskin in 1848 and closed after a strike in 1921. The site operated as a brickworks until the 1970s. During the 1990s an Industrial Heritage Museum ran on the site but closed in 2005 when the local authority removed their funding.

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Dunaskin Ironworks
Dalmellington Rd
East Ayrshire, Scotland, KA6
United Kingdom
55.34556, -4.46533
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